Peter Zatka-Haas

This study shows that the superior colliculus gates dopamine responses to conditioned stimuli in visual classical conditioning by developing neuronal responses to the CS and requiring convergence of visual, dopamine, and serotonin inputs.

The paper identifies distinct spatial and projection-based encoding of economic variables in the frontal cortex of mice during decision-making tasks.

This study shows that dopamine signals in the striatum reflect long-term learning strategies in mice, with a deep neural network model capturing these dynamics through reinforcement learning.

This study shows that cholinergic interneurons in the striatum use nicotinic receptors to limit dopamine release by depressing axonal depolarization and calcium summation.

This study identifies causal roles of visual and frontal cortex in a visual decision task using optogenetic inactivation and neural recordings.

The paper investigates how dopamine axons in different striatal regions encode sensory stimuli and actions during decision-making tasks in mice.

The paper records neuronal activity across the mouse brain during a visual task and finds widespread activation and specific midbrain circuits involved in choice.

This paper introduces high-yield methods for two-alternative visual psychophysics in head-fixed mice, showing rapid learning and accurate psychometric curves.